38 BBY

The following events took place in the year 38 BBY,^[5] also known as 3239 LY according to the Lothal Calendar,^[3] 19 BFE in the Imperial calendar,^[4] and year 7939 in the C.R.C. calendar.^[2]

Events

Padmé Naberrie joins the Apprentice Legislature at the age of eight.^[6]
The Naboo Royal Starship is completed.^[1]
Gardulla Besadii the Elder loses the slaves Anakin and Shmi Skywalker in a bet to Watto. (Approximate date)^[7]

Births

Wald on Tatooine. (Approximate date)^[8]
Amee (Approximate date)^[9]
Zeeth (Approximate date)^[10]
Ryland (Approximate date)^[11]

Deaths

Feyra Akaris on Pkori (Approximate date)^[12]

Appearances

Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
Queen's Shadow (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
"Laina" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)

Sources

Wald in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct) (First mentioned)
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 47 Starship Fact File: Naboo J-Type 327 Nubian
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
Star Wars: Timelines
Wald in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 47 Starship Fact File: Naboo J-Type 327 Nubian
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious dates the assassination attempt on Padmé Amidala on Coruscant and the carbon-freezing of Han Solo—events that Star Wars: Timelines places in the years 22 BBY and 3 ABY of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system, respectively—to 7955.442.1 and 7980.421.2 in the Coruscant reckoning calendar, therefore establishing a difference of approximately 7,977 years between the two dating systems.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide places the founding of the Galactic Empire in the year 3258 LY of the Lothal Calendar. Star Wars: Timelines dates the proclamation of the New Order to 19 BBY, placing the zero point—the Battle of Yavin—of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system around 3277 LY and therefore establishing a difference of approximately 3,277 years between the two dating systems.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Per Star Wars: The Rebel Files, a calendar existed during the reign of the Galactic Empire the zero point of which was the Empire's founding. Star Wars: Timelines dates the proclamation of the New Order to the year 19 BBY of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system, therefore establishing a difference of approximately nineteen years between the two dating systems.
↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
↑ According to Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Watto won Anakin Skywalker from Gardulla when he was 3 years old, around six years before he was discovered by the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn. Since the latter event took place in 32 BBY according to Star Wars: Timelines, the former event was around 38 BBY.
↑ According to the script of Wald in the Databank (backup link), Wald is 6 years old during the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the film to 32 BBY, She must have been born in around 38 BBY.
↑ According to the script of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, as seen in Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide, Amee is 6 years old during the events of the film. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the film to 32 BBY, she must have been born in around 38 BBY.
↑ According to Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (p. 25), Zeeth was 16 years old as of 22 BBY, he must have been born in around 38 BBY.
↑ According to "Laina" — From a Certain Point of View, Ryland is 38 years old during this events. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY, he must have been born in around 38 BBY.
↑ According to Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, Iskat Akaris was 18 years old at the time of the First Battle of Geonosis, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 22 BBY. Therefore, Akaris was born around 40 BBY. As the novel also establishes that Feyra Akaris died 2 years after Iskat's birth, she must have passed away around 38 BBY.

Republic Era (1032 BBY–19 BBY)

Galactic timeline

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Years of the Republic Era

	1032 BBY · 1014 BBY · 1000 BBY · 997 BBY 982 BBY · 973 BBY · 972 BBY · 965 BBY 900 BBY · 896 BBY · 867 BBY · 832 BBY 800 BBY · 797 BBY · 679 BBY · 620 BBY 600 BBY · 582 BBY · 532 BBY · 522 BBY 511 BBY · 509 BBY · 500 BBY
High Republic Era	500 BBY · 437 BBY · 431 BBY · 430 BBY · 429 BBY 428 BBY · 422 BBY · 412 BBY · 407 BBY · 402 BBY 400 BBY · 399 BBY · 397 BBY · 396 BBY · 394 BBY 392 BBY · 387 BBY · 385 BBY · 383 BBY · 382 BBY 381 BBY · 380 BBY · 379 BBY · 350 BBY · 339 BBY 332 BBY · 319 BBY · 318 BBY · 300 BBY · 285 BBY 280 BBY · 279 BBY · 272 BBY · 270 BBY · 265 BBY 262 BBY · 257 BBY · 255 BBY · 253 BBY · 252 BBY 251 BBY · 250 BBY · 249 BBY · 248 BBY · 247 BBY 246 BBY · 245 BBY · 244 BBY · 243 BBY · 242 BBY 241 BBY · 240 BBY · 238 BBY · 237 BBY · 236 BBY 235 BBY · 234 BBY · 233 BBY · 232 BBY · 231 BBY 230 BBY · 229 BBY · 228 BBY · 217 BBY · 205 BBY 201 BBY · 200 BBY · 166 BBY · 161 BBY · 156 BBY 152 BBY · 150 BBY · 148 BBY · 146 BBY · 142 BBY 138 BBY · 135 BBY · 134 BBY · 133 BBY · 132 BBY 131 BBY · 118 BBY · 104 BBY · 102 BBY · 101 BBY
	100 BBY · 99 BBY · 94 BBY · 92 BBY · 90 BBY · 88 BBY 87 BBY · 86 BBY · 85 BBY · 84 BBY · 82 BBY 81 BBY · 80 BBY · 76 BBY · 72 BBY · 69 BBY 68 BBY · 66 BBY · 65 BBY · 64 BBY · 62 BBY 60 BBY · 59 BBY · 58 BBY · 57 BBY · 56 BBY 55 BBY · 54 BBY · 53 BBY · 52 BBY · 51 BBY 50 BBY · 49 BBY · 48 BBY · 47 BBY · 46 BBY 45 BBY · 44 BBY · 43 BBY · 42 BBY · 41 BBY 40 BBY · 39 BBY · 38 BBY · 37 BBY · 36 BBY 35 BBY · 34 BBY · 33 BBY · 32 BBY
Fall of the Republic	32 BBY · 31 BBY · 30 BBY · 29 BBY · 28 BBY · 27 BBY 26 BBY · 25 BBY · 24 BBY · 23 BBY · 22 BBY · 21 BBY 20 BBY · 19 BBY

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In other languages

[BMF_47-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 47 Starship Fact File: Naboo J-Type 327 Nubian

[Scum_and_Villainy-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious dates the assassination attempt on Padmé Amidala on Coruscant and the carbon-freezing of Han Solo—events that Star Wars: Timelines places in the years 22 BBY and 3 ABY of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system, respectively—to 7955.442.1 and 7980.421.2 in the Coruscant reckoning calendar, therefore establishing a difference of approximately 7,977 years between the two dating systems.

[RVG-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide places the founding of the Galactic Empire in the year 3258 LY of the Lothal Calendar. Star Wars: Timelines dates the proclamation of the New Order to 19 BBY, placing the zero point—the Battle of Yavin—of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system around 3277 LY and therefore establishing a difference of approximately 3,277 years between the two dating systems.

[Rebel_Files-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Per Star Wars: The Rebel Files, a calendar existed during the reign of the Galactic Empire the zero point of which was the Empire's founding. Star Wars: Timelines dates the proclamation of the New Order to the year 19 BBY of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system, therefore establishing a difference of approximately nineteen years between the two dating systems.

[GA-5] Star Wars: Galactic Atlas

[TCVD-6] Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition

[Gardulla-7] According to Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Watto won Anakin Skywalker from Gardulla when he was 3 years old, around six years before he was discovered by the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn. Since the latter event took place in 32 BBY according to Star Wars: Timelines, the former event was around 38 BBY.

[Wald_Databank-8] According to the script of Wald in the Databank (backup link), Wald is 6 years old during the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the film to 32 BBY, She must have been born in around 38 BBY.

[Amee-9] According to the script of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, as seen in Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide, Amee is 6 years old during the events of the film. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of the film to 32 BBY, she must have been born in around 38 BBY.

[Zeeth-10] According to Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (p. 25), Zeeth was 16 years old as of 22 BBY, he must have been born in around 38 BBY.

[Laina-11] According to "Laina" — From a Certain Point of View, Ryland is 38 years old during this events. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY, he must have been born in around 38 BBY.

[Feyra-12] According to Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, Iskat Akaris was 18 years old at the time of the First Battle of Geonosis, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 22 BBY. Therefore, Akaris was born around 40 BBY. As the novel also establishes that Feyra Akaris died 2 years after Iskat's birth, she must have passed away around 38 BBY.

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